Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?Job 7:19
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃
- כַּ֭מָּהKa.mah“how long?”Preposition + Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
- לֹא־lo'-“not”Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
- תִשְׁעֶ֣הtish.'Eh“will you look away”Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from שָׁעָה · “to gaze” · Strong's H8159
- מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.ni“from me”Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from מִן־ · “from” · Strong's H4480A
- לֹֽא־lo'-“not”Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
- תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִיtar.Pe.ni“will you let alone? me”Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from רָפָה · “to slacken” · Strong's H7503
- עַד־'ad-“until”Preposition · from עַד · “till” · Strong's H5704
- בִּלְעִ֥יbil.'I“swallow I”Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from בָּלַע · “to swallow up” · Strong's H1104
- רֻקִּֽי׃ru.Ki“spittle my”Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from רֹק · “spittle” · Strong's H7536
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)